Garment-supporter.



W. A. HOLDEN.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1913.

Patented Mar 9, 1915.

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WALTER A. HOLDEN, 0F ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROBERT N.

BASSET'I COMPANY, OF SHELTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

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and its object is to provide a device of this.

character having a minimum number of parts and in which the expedient of sewing or stitching can be entirely eliminated. I attain this and other objects of my invention in the preferred embodiment thereof set forth in the following description and the accompanying drawing in which likereference characters refer to corresponding parts.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is'a front View of my device, a portion of the webbingand loop being broken away; Fig. 2, a central, longitudinal section taken on line acx of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a longitudinal, sectional view of the parts in position to be assembled, and Fig. 4, a vertical longitudinal section of a modification.

My invention generally consists of the supporting strap A carrying at its lower extremity the connecting piece or binder B, which latter in turncarries the loop C and button tab D. A button E is mounted on the lower extremity of the tab D. The supporting strap A, wire loop C and button tab D are of the usual construction in garment supporters of this character, the novelty in my invention residing in the construction of the connecting piece which binds all of the parts together. This connecting piece B consists of a body plate 2 having side lugs 3, 3, and a tongue 4. This tongue 4 is usually narrower than the body plate 2, which latter is preferably of the same width as the sup-- porting strap A. The connecting piece is further provided with a slot disposed transversely thereof near to where the tongue 4 joins the body plate 2, and this slot 6 is of a length equal to or greater than that of the tab D. The hinder or connecting piece B is suitably bent and struck up out of sheet metal so that its side lugs 3, 3 and tongue 4 Specification of Ibetters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1913.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915..

Serial No. 750,533.

3,but when the device is assembled these parts are folded toward the body plate 2 in G are passed over both the tongue and tab.

The loop C is preferably made resilient so that its opening in under the top bars is of such a width that it can be sprung or spread slightly when the top bars are passed over the tongue. .This resilient action causes the top bars to clip or frictionally engage the side edges of the tongue, so that when the top bars 9, 9 are drawn down into the angle formed between the tongue 4 and the body plate 2 the extremity 7 of the tab is'held against the inside of the tongue thereby preventing the tab from falling out during the process of assembling. This enables so much of the assembling as has already been described to be performed away from the machine, which is utilized in the second operation. After the parts are thus assembled the connecting piece B is placed in a suitable machine wherein the top bars 9, 9 of the loop are raised sufiiciently to permit the insertion of the extremity 8 of the supporting strap in under the top bars of the loop, after which the top bars are again drawn back into the angle formed between the tongue and the body plate. The machine is then operated to roll the tongue 4 and extremity 7 of the tab around the top bars 9, 9 of the loop so that their extremities or edges 5 and 10 respectively are pressed against the supporting strap just as the latter passes behind the top bars 9, 9. At the same time the machine presses down the side lugs 3, 3 against the supporting strap A so that the latter is \securely confined or gripped between the body plate 2 and the side lugs 3, 3. In this manner not only the loop and button tab ,rbut also the supporting strap is swedged to the binder B so that the parts cannot become disassembled without destroying the device, thereby effecting a permanent and secure 7 connection between all of the parts. It

project at an angle thereto, as shown in Fig. i fshould be noticed that the slot 6 can be so disposed that 'thehxtiefiiity '7 of'the tab" vvill bind around one edge of the slot in passin therethroughi It should be further noticed-' that both the front-and'back of the connect" ing piece present flush surfaces Withv the supporting strap so that the device is flat andtcompact carrying a roll at its lower extremity: It-is not necessary that thetab should be passed down in back =of'thel0op, as shown in Fig. 2, since the same after passing through the slot 6' may be'passed down the opposite side of-thehloop-asshown in Fig.4, thereby enabling the exposed side of the connecting piece to be utilized as a front;

In such a casethetab will be reversed so that Y the button E will appear on the" other sidethereof before theextremity 7 is passed into the'slot'fi. @Of course 'the' connecting piece may befstarnped to present various designs :for the purpose of enhancing itsappearance. It should be" observed thatthe extremity ."8 of the supporting'strap A need not-"'necessarily 'be passed down'around the side o f the top bars 9, 9 of-the loop since it may terminate imme'diatelyabove :the edge r 5 soas to be; confined alone by 'the si'de lugs 3, '3 or in some other manne'r 'whereinit is made fast to the connecting piece.

While the: device above described is the preferred form of myinventionyet thefs'ame" is susceptiblevto :such modification as" may:

Copies of this patent may'rbe obtained for 'come' 'wi'thihthe scope ofmy appended claims; 7

Having now described my invention What I desire to'felaim and protect by Letters Patentis: V

1. A "garment supporter consisting of a supporting strap havinga sheet metal binder swed ed on to its lower extremity, a button loopand'a button tab, the lower end of said supporting strap and the upper end of said tab being rolled around the top side ofsaidif loop, and the said binder" being provided With a depending tongue which" is rolled around the top side of said loop tofasten the said supporting strap, tab "and-loop"to sai'd binder;

2. A garment supporterconsistihg'ofha sWedged I on to the 1 Owen extremity thereof, a

' supporting strap having a sheet metal binder button loop and abuttontab, thesaid binder being? provided with a depending tongue and a transversely disposed slot through Which'thetab' end is inserted, and the said,

tongue being foldedaround the top side'of five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner. '01 Patents.

Washington, D. 0."

said loop to engage said tab end to fasten 

